Stocky left-winger Jim Jackson played with tremendous heart during his short NHL career. He was a fairly productive scorer in junior and the minors but was relegated to a more defensive role in the big league.

A native of Oshawa, Ontario, Jackson was a popular member of the OHA's home town Generals from 1976 to 1978. He played the next two years with the Niagara Falls Flyers and finished with 101 goals during his four years in junior.

Undrafted and unsigned, Jackson continued to play with the Richmond Rifles of the EHL then the IHL's Muskegon Mohawks. The Calgary Flames inked him as a free agent at the start of the 1982-83 season. This came about largely at the insistence of the team's chief scout, Gerry Blair, who was a neighbour of Jackson's and knew of his intense desire to play.

Jackson spent two seasons as a role player for a Calgary club that was competitive in the regular season but annihilated in the playoffs by the Edmonton Oilers. He often formed an effective unit with star Kent Nilsson and Eddy Beers. Aside from a five-game stint with the Buffalo Sabres in 1987-88, Jackson toiled in the minors the remainder of his career until his retirement in 1990.

REGULAR SEASON

PLAYOFFS

Season

Club

League

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

+/-

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

1975-76

Parkway AAA Selects

Minor-ON

77

47

55

102

50

1976-77

Oshawa Generals

OMJHL

65

13

40

53

26

1977-78

Oshawa Generals

OMJHL

68

33

47

80

60

6

2

2

4

26

1978-79

Niagara Falls Flyers

OMJHL

62

26

39

65

73

20

6

9

15

16

1979-80

Niagara Falls Flyers

OMJHL

66

29

57

86

55

10

7

8

15

8

1980-81

Richmond Rifles

EHL

58

17

43

60

42

10

1

0

1

4

1981-82

Muskegon Mohawks

IHL

82

24

51

75

72

1982-83

Calgary Flames

NHL

48

8

12

20

7

+9

8

2

1

3

2

1982-83

Colorado Flames

CHL

30

10

16

26

4

1983-84

Calgary Flames

NHL

49

6

14

20

13

+1

6

1

1

2

4

1983-84

Colorado Flames

CHL

25

5

27

32

4

1984-85

Calgary Flames

NHL

10

1

4

5

0

+1

1984-85

Moncton Golden Flames

AHL

24

2

5

7

6

1985-86

Rochester Americans

AHL

65

16

32

48

10

1986-87

Rochester Americans

AHL

71

19

38

57

48

16

5

4

9

6

1987-88

Buffalo Sabres

NHL

5

2

0

2

0

0

1987-88

Rochester Americans

AHL

74

23

48

71

23

7

2

6

8

4

1988-89

Rochester Americans

AHL

73

19

50

69

14

1989-90

Rochester Americans

AHL

77

16

37

53

14

9

1

5

6

4

NHL Totals

112

17

30

47

20

14

3

2

5

6

EHL Second All-Star Team (1981) IHL Second All-Star Team (1982)

Signed as a free agent by Calgary, October 8, 1982. Signed as a free agent by Buffalo, September 26, 1985.